Ukraine War Thread Part 2

[NutLoose]

The Telegraph is reporting that it appears North Korea has ceased sending artillery rounds to Russia after the 3 million were delivered.

[NutLoose]

Dmitri reports :


https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/996x1150/gh0glwdxmaap6ly_bec6c8332c6e90aa55e995dba3a5d2d763343252.png

[NutLoose]

Russians trying to destroy the above abandoned mentioned Abrams.

https://twitter.com/Feher_Junior/status/1764568355531293036

https://twitter.com/Feher_Junior/status/1764568355531293036

[NutLoose]

There were two of them knocked out, one appears to have thrown a track.

https://twitter.com/venik44/status/1764590364105572751

https://twitter.com/venik44/status/1764590364105572751

https://twitter.com/TobiAyodele/status/1764545183192846725

https://twitter.com/TobiAyodele/status/1764545183192846725

[nonsense]

What? This Daily Mail?

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1023x452/rothermere_hurrah_for_the_blackshirts_15f984dd733fbcbf53e08e cb46b26b0bf35f6f88.jpg

The full article:
https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GDCS&u=webdemo&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CEE1865176558&asid=1709614800000~601954ad
https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GDCS&u=webdemo&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CEE1863506114&asid=1709614800000~8929c1d1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Harmsworth,_1st_Viscount_Rothermere#%22Enthusiast%22_ for_fascism

And a 2011 article about the Daily Mail's long ended 1930s fascist phase:
https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2011/dec/06/dailymail-oswald-mosley

[NutLoose]

https://twitter.com/SlavFreeSpirit/status/1764534883836162514

https://twitter.com/SlavFreeSpirit/status/1764534883836162514

They also took out an M1150

https://twitter.com/narrative_hole/status/1764308621842694444

https://twitter.com/narrative_hole/status/1764308621842694444

The Assault Breacher Vehicle or ‘ABV’ is (as of 2018) the United States’ latest Combat Engineering Vehicle or ‘CEV’. It is built on the hull of the US Military’s currently serving Main Battle Tank (MBT), the M1 Abrams (https://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/US/M1_Abrams.php). CEVs were a concept made famous by the British in the Second World War with the AVRE (https://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2-gb-churchill-avre/) (Armored Vehicle Royal Engineers), and since then, similar vehicles have been a part of every major army. The ABV is the first of such vehicles to see service with the US military since the M60 (https://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/US/M60_Patton.php) based M728 CEV was retired from service in the mid-to-late 1990s, and this vehicle’s direct predecessor, the remotely operated M1 Abrams-based M1 Panther II (https://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/us-modern-m60a3-panther-m1-panther-ii-mdcvs/), was retired from service in the late 2000s.

https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/modern-us-m1150-assault-breacher-vehicle-abv/

[NutLoose]

Jesus, A Bradley takes on a BTR82A, talk about nowhere to run or hide.

https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1763981049413959829

https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1763981049413959829

[NutLoose]

More on the new railway line being built.

https://twitter.com/jurgen_nauditt/status/1762325500691620308

https://twitter.com/jurgen_nauditt/status/1762325500691620308

[Tartiflette Fan]

Jesus, A Bradley takes on a BTR82A, talk about nowhere to run or hide.



https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1763981049413959829

I absolutely don't understand why the Russians initially all group aroundthe BTR for cover: that's the aiming-point for the Bradley.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/03/germany-investigate-russia-ukraine-call-possible-interception

Germany to investigate Russia’s apparent interception of military talks on Ukraine

It shouldn't take them much time to investigate - unless they need time to concoct a less embarrassing explanation.. The following linked report says that requests for secure transmission links - even at the operational level - have been refused for decades and Web-Ex ( although known to be very weak in its security protocols ) has been frequently used by high-ranking military, feeling they had little option.

For far too long requests from the army to the Defnce Ministry to buy the necessary systems have been refused with comments such as " Just how do you expect to buy and pay for such equipment in peace-time " ? This striking episode about the hypothetical delivery of Taurus cruise-missiles to Ukraine is a painful example of how this policy has now backfired.

Viel zu lang seien entsprechende Anforderungen zur Materialbeschaffung aus der Truppe an Verteidigungsministerium und Bundesregierung mit Kommentaren abgetan worden wie: „Wer bitte in Friedenszeiten denn so etwas kaufen und bezahlen?“. Der pikante Vorfall um eine theoretische Lieferung von deutschen Taurus-Marschflugkörpern an die Ukraine zeige auf schmerzhafte Weise, wie sehr sich diese Politik nun räche.


https://www.focus.de/politik/ausland/ukraine-krise/experten-bundeswehr-sind-schwachstellen-von-webex-bekannt-legal-illegal-scheissegal-ex-bnd-agent-gibt-falscher-sicherheitspolitik-schuld-an-taurus-panne_id_259724364.html

[Video Mixdown]

I absolutely don't understand why the Russians initially all group aroundthe BTR for cover: that's the aiming-point for the bradley.
Probably because they have little training or discipline and don't know what else to do.

[NutLoose]

Somehow i think they are being short with the facts.

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1764583998439800845

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1764583998439800845

[NutLoose]

Mass graves of Civilians in Mariupol :sad:

https://twitter.com/Fitzroy1066/status/1761573944308502848

https://twitter.com/Fitzroy1066/status/1761573944308502848

[NutLoose]

POW saying they wanted to be captured.

https://twitter.com/HerryRodinNapit/status/1764624395421831306

https://twitter.com/HerryRodinNapit/status/1764624395421831306

[NutLoose]

An Alcoholic in a Russian shell suit talking nonsense.

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1764588458087981471

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1764588458087981471


https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1764597515553259800

https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1764597515553259800

[NutLoose]

T-14 Armatas will not be used in Ukraine because they are too expensive LOL. what about all the missile complexes, fighters and the rest of the megga expensive kit that cost more than the tanks then?

https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1764603143277457609

https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1764603143277457609

[NutLoose]

He just does not get it, they are the problem, and if they f*ck off home to Russia, the solution.

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1764567795067421003

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1764567795067421003

[NutLoose]

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/597x900/gh0enwub0aaz1nt_1e92daa4ac94136cd5809dd9485426f834fac86a.jpg

[SRMman]

“Latest package from sweden included “underwater weapons”, torpedo 47 from SAAB weights 340kg. USV would need some modifications, but probably doable with some Ukrainian ingenuity.”

I’m sure Humphrey Bogart could help here, they just need to resurrect the African Queen!

[FUMR]

He just does not get it, they are the problem, and if they f*ck off home to Russia, the solution.



https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1764567795067421003

Because they only read and hear, and therefore believe, their leader's propaganda. The truth is dawning on them but only slowly.

[NutLoose]

Probably because they have little training or discipline and don't know what else to do.


Well the driver had little idea either, with shots raining down on you from the right of your vehicle, he should have sought to park on the left of the abandoned vehicle thus providing some protection to his vehicle and squad by putting a vehicle between himself and the Bradley's fire.

[SRMman]

For the uneducated, what was the Bradley firing?

[Locked door]

25mm Bushmaster chain gun with assorted types of ammunition.

[Tartiflette Fan]

For the uneducated, what was the Bradley firing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khXMVPpxdxg from 5 minutes, then 11 minutes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M242_Bushmaster

[NutLoose]

A Russian bridge has suffered damage after an explosive attack, apparently it was a main supply route for ammunition.

Saboteurs blew up a key bridge in Russia (https://metro.co.uk/tag/russia/?ico=auto_link_news_P1_LNK1), disrupting one of Vladimir Putin (https://metro.co.uk/tag/vladimir-putin/?ico=auto_link_news_P1_LNK2)’s routes to transport military cargo (https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/02/putins-home-city-hit-drone-called-a-killer-navalny-funeral-20385222/?ico=mosaic_tag).

An explosion – caused by a homemade explosive device – rocked the bridge over the Chapaevka River, near the city of Samara, on the border with Kazakhstan, just after 6am local time.

Located on the Volga river in the southwest, the region (https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/01/putin-ordered-secret-service-stop-navalnys-funeral-turning-insurrection-20382431/?ico=mosaic_tag) is a heavy industry hubs.

It is understood that the bridge was used to transport military cargo, in particular engineering ammunition produced by the Polymer JSC plant.

A statement from Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR) read: ‘The railway bridge was blown up in Russia. Train traffic is paralysed.

‘The power steering confirms that the railway bridge across the Chapaevka River in the Samara region was disabled.

‘The structures were damaged as a result of the explosion.’

Train traffic on the bridge has been suspended, with four trains currently being hit with delays.

No casualties have been reported, but traffic over the bridge has been suspended, the Russian Railways said, describing the incident as ‘illegal interference’.

Russia has reported a series of attacks on its industrial and logistics infrastructure in recent months – all blamed on Ukraine.




https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/04/russian-bridge-blown-homemade-bomb-planted-saboteurs-20392023/?ico=mosaic_world

[Beamr]

Humanity prevails.

https://twitter.com/intermarium24/status/1764706802388607260

https://twitter.com/intermarium24/status/1764706802388607260

[Pali]

I do think this is partly in response to Fico’s “allegiance” rather than anything else and he is learning a valuable lesson from it, lie with the devil then you may well have to worry that the devil may bite you. No one else has ambitions to hit your infrastructure.
Pali I do hope everything will be ok and that your country will get some defence back to protect it, I also hope things are well with you.

Pro-Ukraine Slovaks are laughing at Fico, when he complains – "Who will protect our nuclear power plants now?" – we tell him, that he should negotiate with attackers for peace and not escalate situation with active defence. We also hope that EU will stop any funding of our country.

There are still attempts to help Ukraine by private fundraising, most of the donors are Czechs but Slovaks contribute quite a lot too. Last time there was a goal to collect money for 10.000 drones, but donors exceeded the target and delivered 13.500 of them. Here is another fundraising campaign "Gift for Putin" and over 872.000€ was collected already: https://www.darcekpreputina.eu/kampane/drony-pro-dobrovolniky-na-ukrajine

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1800x735/drony_a6785d8332b77cae15f393871bcf32e2409e870c.jpg

[Canary Boy]

Even if only partly true, this is concerning https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/04/it-was-delusional-to-think-that-germany-had-changed/

[ORAC]

https://x.com/gaudetterob/status/1764571785838690725?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


Major news! CEO of pro-Trump, pro-MAGA propaganda outlet Newsmax, Christopher Ruddy, is urging Mike Johnson to put the Ukraine aid bill to the Floor for a vote.

“Biden is bad, but Putin and Iran are infinitely worse.”

https://www.newsmax.com/ruddy/ruddy-ukraine-speaker-mike-johnson/2024/03/03/id/1155754/

…we are now at a turning point with Ukraine. Russia is advancing and apparently rapidly.Biden administration incompetence and their slow-walking of aid in the past two years, has put Ukraine in a most dangerous spot.

Ukraine just lost over 45 square miles of territory to Russia in the last 12 months. Meanwhile, Russia is said to be preparing for a major offensive against Ukraine this spring.

At the same time Israel is facing war on multiple fronts. Israel, like Ukraine, desperately needs funding.

Both are critically important for U.S. security interests.

House Foreign Affairs Chair Michael McCaul said (https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/michael-mccaul-putin-ukraine/2023/04/09/id/1115545/) our earlier aid packages to Ukraine sent a strong signal to China not to invade Taiwan. But, he noted, failing to support Ukraine now, sends the opposite message.

Mike Johnson has been right to demand accountability from the Biden administration on their disastrous actions. Biden has yet to offer a strategic plan — and an exit strategy for Ukraine.

With Israel, the White House strategy is focused on limiting Israel's ability to defend itself, crazy as that sounds.

Biden may be bad, but Putin and the Iranian mullahs are off-the-charts worse.

In almost every speech he has made since Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine over two years ago, Putin has made clear his nation is at war with the U.S. and the West.

Putin sees Ukraine as just a stopping point. I put nothing past Putin and believe if he is not stopped, he will continue, perhaps even escalating to nuclear weapons.

Just this past week, Poland's foreign minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, made a public plea to Johnson to pass funding, suggesting that if Ukraine falls, NATO itself could see an attack. Sikorski directed his comment (https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/west-must-help-ukraine-more-prevent-spillover-polish-fm-says-2024-02-26/) "personally to Speaker Mike Johnson: please let democracy take its course. Please let's pass this to a vote."

I believe the best way to deal with Russia's danger is to show resolve: punch back hard.

I do not favor a larger war with Russia. I don't want to "defeat" Russia. I don't believe in forever wars. But I believe Ukrainians are dying for their freedom. It's a noble cause that, in reality, protects us and our freedom.

We should send them aid.…

[ORAC]

https://x.com/maks_nafo_fella/status/1764686530499514665?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


​​​​​​​France’s Chief of Defense Staff General Thierry Burkhard had written to half his NATO colleagues, exploring the possibility of a coalition of the willing to take over certain tasks from Ukraine — training forces, cyber operations and demining.

[ORAC]

https://x.com/kyivindependent/status/1764710434215543223?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


Albania reopens communist-era air base after $54 million NATO refurbishment.

Kucova air base in Albania reopened on March 4 after undergoing a 50 million euro ($54 million) NATO refurbishment, making it the region's largest NATO tactical air base.

https://kyivindependent.com/albania-reopens-air-base-nato/
​​​​​​​

[ORAC]

https://x.com/maks_nafo_fella/status/1764628607417139669?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


​​​​​​​Poland will officially apply to the European Commission to block the import of agricultural products from Russia and Belarus to the EU", - Donald Tusk

[ORAC]

https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1764778390840565927?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


BREAKING:

Loud explosions reported from the area near the Crimean Bridge.


https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/multiple-explosions-heard-near-kerch-strait-bridge-crimea-air-and-sea-drone-attacks-in-progress

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1088x908/image_c3b4a991e09c262a45803e0a4448e1d02f00d391.png
​​​​​​​

[NutLoose]

Re Explosions reported in Kerch, bridge is closed.

My thoughts on hitting the bridge is they only really need to take down the railway one, as most of the armour comes into Crimea on flatbeds, having to unload them and then drive them all over the bridge would be a logistics nightmare.

https://twitter.com/IntelCrab/status/1764775555746935211

https://twitter.com/IntelCrab/status/1764775555746935211

[NutLoose]

Possibly another Russian patrol ship attacked off Crimea.

[QUOTE][[url]https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1764799593257050479/QUOTE]

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1764799593257050479

​​​​​​​ (https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1764799593257050479)Rybar

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/680x647/image_cef67b9b7f2e853de7ba710ffa30f86ee686a919.png

[NutLoose]

It’s about time Poland started to make arrests.

https://twitter.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1764222456754041292

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1764222456754041292

[jolihokistix]

Avdiivka we know about, but re "...the failure at Tendra Spit" above, what was that?

[NutLoose]

Major news! CEO of pro-Trump, pro-MAGA propaganda outlet Newsmax, Christopher Ruddy, is urging Mike Johnson to put the Ukraine aid bill to the Floor for a vote.

“Biden is bad, but Putin and Iran are infinitely worse.”

https://www.newsmax.com/ruddy/ruddy-ukraine-speaker-mike-johnson/2024/03/03/id/1155754/

…we are now at a turning point with Ukraine. Russia is advancing and apparently rapidly.Biden administration incompetence and their slow-walking of aid in the past two years, has put Ukraine in a most dangerous spot.

Ukraine just lost over 45 square miles of territory to Russia in the last 12 months. Meanwhile, Russia is said to be preparing for a major offensive against Ukraine this spring.

At the same time Israel is facing war on multiple fronts. Israel, like Ukraine, desperately needs funding.

Both are critically important for U.S. security interests.

House Foreign Affairs Chair Michael McCaul said (https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/michael-mccaul-putin-ukraine/2023/04/09/id/1115545/) our earlier aid packages to Ukraine sent a strong signal to China not to invade Taiwan. But, he noted, failing to support Ukraine now, sends the opposite message.

Mike Johnson has been right to demand accountability from the Biden administration on their disastrous actions. Biden has yet to offer a strategic plan — and an exit strategy for Ukraine.

With Israel, the White House strategy is focused on limiting Israel's ability to defend itself, crazy as that sounds.

Biden may be bad, but Putin and the Iranian mullahs are off-the-charts worse.

In almost every speech he has made since Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine over two years ago, Putin has made clear his nation is at war with the U.S. and the West.

Putin sees Ukraine as just a stopping point. I put nothing past Putin and believe if he is not stopped, he will continue, perhaps even escalating to nuclear weapons.

Just this past week, Poland's foreign minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, made a public plea to Johnson to pass funding, suggesting that if Ukraine falls, NATO itself could see an attack. Sikorski directed his comment (https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/west-must-help-ukraine-more-prevent-spillover-polish-fm-says-2024-02-26/) "personally to Speaker Mike Johnson: please let democracy take its course. Please let's pass this to a vote."

I believe the best way to deal with Russia's danger is to show resolve: punch back hard.

I do not favor a larger war with Russia. I don't want to "defeat" Russia. I don't believe in forever wars. But I believe Ukrainians are dying for their freedom. It's a noble cause that, in reality, protects us and our freedom.

We should send them aid.…

Personally I see this attempt at trying to avoid the attempts to go around the speaker, because if they manage that and destroy his credibility as speaker his position will become tenuous and Trump will lose his main mouthpiece in trying to dictate what the Government can do. Better to allow it to pass than face a losing battle with his own GOP voting against him.

https://twitter.com/jurgen_nauditt/status/1763513293623148693

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/jurgen_nauditt/status/1763513293623148693

[NutLoose]

Avdiivka we kow about, but re "...the failure at Tendra Spit" above, what was that?


https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1762939365653659842

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1762939365653659842


https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1762973336961720590

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1762973336961720590

[NutLoose]

It looks like Canada will be sending their CRV7’s

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1764722158859645366

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1764722158859645366

[rattman]

Allegedly the strike on Sergei Kotov

https://twitter.com/TreasChest/status/1764894255674188226

https://twitter.com/TreasChest/status/1764894255674188226

Ukraine claiming its sunk (machine translation)The enemy ship "Sergei Kotov" was destroyedMarch 5, 2024 On the night of March 4-5, 2024, the special unit of the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine "Group 13" attacked the patrol ship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation "Sergei Kotov".

The mission took place in cooperation with the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and with the support of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.

As a result of the attack by Magura V5 naval drones, the Russian ship of project 22160 "Sergei Kotov" suffered damage to the stern, right and left sides.

The "cat" was damaged by fire in the territorial waters of Ukraine, near the Kerch Strait.

The cost of the sunken ship is about 65 million dollars.

[ORAC]

Grauniad: (offence took place 2022).

A civilian US air force employee has been charged in Nebraska with transmitting classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine on a foreign online dating platform

According to the US justice department. David Franklin Slater, 63, allegedly shared details about military targets and Russian capabilities on an online messaging platform with an unindicted co-conspirator who claimed to be a woman living in Ukraine and called him “my secret informant love.”

Slater was expected to make an initial court appearance on Tuesday.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/air-force-employee-indicted-unlawful-disclosure-classified-national-defense-information

[ORAC]

Followed by an update on the Teixeira case. Note it’s the defence pushing for just 11 years. Not sure how much of that you have to serve before being eligible for parole in the USA.

Previous post: https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/652441-ukraine-war-thread-part-2-a.html#post11423871

Grauniad:Jack Teixeira, who leaked classified documents about Russia’s war in Ukraine onto the online chat service Discord, has pleaded guilty in federal court.

Prosecutors said they would seek nearly 17 years in prison for Teixeira, a Massachusetts air national guard member.

A defence attorney said he would push for a sentence of 11 years, describing Teixeira, 22, as a “kid” whose youth was partly to blame for his conduct.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/jack-teixeira-plead-guilty-massive-leak-pentagon-secrets-2024-03-04/

[rattman]

Followed by an update on the Teixeira case. Note it’s the defence pushing for just 11 years. Not sure how much of that you have to serve before being eligible for parole in the USA.


Aint no parole in the federal pen, you do the time, you do all the time. Only way out early is Presidential clemency

[ORAC]

https://x.com/tendar/status/1764895269320069168?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


Possibly the first footage of the strike against the Russian patrol ship “Sergey Kotov” (project 22160) last night.

The Kerch Bridge has been closed for 9h already. According to Telegram channel “Crimean Wind” it needs to be “investigated”.

​​​​​​​https://x.com/tendar/status/1764932352323531107?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


​​​​​​​The Ukrainian GUR has just released the footage of the attack against the Sergey Kotov. That ship got totally hammered by several USVs. Highly unlikely that she survived that attack.

[NutLoose]

Too far away Orac, post here shows its destruction up close.


https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1764926600003400031

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1764926600003400031

[NutLoose]

Bridge looks intact.

https://twitter.com/Hippoliteus/status/1764938851242389566

https://twitter.com/Hippoliteus/status/1764938851242389566

[jolihokistix]

"Because we are at war, and because we can" make sense, but I get the extra feeling that Ukraine is now getting their own back for the high-handed way their little Navy was treated by a superior Russian Navy force in that famous incident when trying to enter the Sea of Azov some years back.

[ORAC]

https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1764938008170574244?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


Fighterbomber suggests removing all russian ships from the Black Sea.
​​​​​​​

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/603x769/image_4cce0c22b0f92fb7aa223c69619c40c12abc87e3.png

[ORAC]

Why drones now dominate the battlefield. Makes Terminator’s battlefield scenes look dates…

https://x.com/togajano21/status/1764857584991830190?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


​​​​​​​An incredibly beautiful hit by a Ukrainian drone operator

[Tartiflette Fan]

Why drones now dominate the battlefield. Makes Terminator’s battlefield scenes look dates…



An incredibly beautiful hit by a Ukrainian drone operator

​​​​​​​Could the drone pay-load destroy is so effectively, or did it actually fly into the BTR and trigger on-board ammunition ?

[212man]

​​​​​​​Could the drone pay-load destroy is so effectively, or did it actually fly into the BTR and trigger on-board ammunition ?
Is that a serious question?

[bugged on the right]

Why not 212? This is why we come to this site, we are not all experts at warfare. I would like to know if the last one or two of the underwater drones would have been turned around for re use? The last explosion certainly appeared to do for the ship.

[MPN11]

"Sergey Kotov" ... I see a drone heading into the hole made by its predecessor again. Very effective, it seems.

[NutLoose]

Why not 212? This is why we come to this site, we are not all experts at warfare. I would like to know if the last one or two of the underwater drones would have been turned around for re use? The last explosion certainly appeared to do for the ship.

It depends on its range, how long it has loitered in an area awaiting the target etc, and I would imagine they keep its actual range quite for obvious reasons, no point in telling them where they can operate with impunity.

[NutLoose]

The latest ship sunk was only built in 2021 and entered service in 2022 after the war had started! It was their most modern vessel.

https://twitter.com/sumlenny/status/1764908432992190559

https://twitter.com/sumlenny/status/1764908432992190559

https://twitter.com/Jamie04381095/status/1764956959541731345

https://twitter.com/Jamie04381095/status/1764956959541731345


It looks like they also took out a helicopter during the attack.

https://twitter.com/Jamie04381095/status/1764965560180257000

https://twitter.com/Jamie04381095/status/1764965560180257000

[NutLoose]

The reason Ukraine is losing Abrams.

https://twitter.com/Jamie04381095/status/1764976041037103483

https://twitter.com/Jamie04381095/status/1764976041037103483

[NutLoose]

There are some idiots about... I doubt he will ever do that again.

https://twitter.com/Jamie04381095/status/1764706435974214019

https://twitter.com/Jamie04381095/status/1764706435974214019

[NutLoose]

Another soldier with some sense.

https://twitter.com/BlangerRic81999/status/1762961236679860282

https://twitter.com/BlangerRic81999/status/1762961236679860282

[NutLoose]

Notice on the Map behind the alcoholic fool that Transnistra is shown as part of Modova, not the other way round.

https://youtu.be/GGMC0CiVxzI?feature=shared

[Spunky Monkey]

Regarding reports of the vehicles being trashed on the Ukrainian / Polish boarder by "Poles" and not being stopped by the Police.
This vehicle has a UK number plate and is taxed and insured here.

Perhaps to get a grip on this situation, the Polish Ambassador to the UK should be called in for an interview without coffee to show His Majesties displeasure.

https://twitter.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1764222456754041292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembe d%7Ctwterm%5E1764222456754041292%7Ctwgr%5Ef6e2afde94164aa233 3019f946812838aa379c97%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pprune.org%2Fmilitary-aviation%2F652441-ukraine-war-thread-part-2-a-452.html



https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1184x1216/screenshot_2024_03_05_at_14_27_00_e5f285a6bbb89873e99068810a aae1fc6b38605d.png
UK Mitsubishi

[jolihokistix]

Maybe just jealous of all those nice cars being given away?

[Winemaker]

Aint no parole in the federal pen, you do the time, you do all the time. Only way out early is Presidential clemency
Close. The Feds are tough; an inmate has to serve 85% of Federal time before parole will be considered, so about 9 years 4 months in the slammer for an 11 year sentence.

[212man]

Notice on the Map behind the alcoholic fool that Transnistra is shown as part of Modova, not the other way round.

https://youtu.be/GGMC0CiVxzI?feature=shared
I don't follow you comment - a) I don't see Transnistria on the map, and b) it is part of Moldova

[Tartiflette Fan]

Is that a serious question?

Yes, because there seeems to be one explosion rather than an initial one followed by a secondary. What is the reason for your questioning ?

It depends on its range, how long it has loitered in an area awaiting the target etc, and I would imagine they keep its actual range quite for obvious reasons, no point in telling them where they can operate with impunity.


The Ukrainians have apparently given the range of the Magura V5 as 800 km which obviously may/may not be true.. That apart, the drones could have been staged from a mother-ship, or those drilling-rigs off Odesa that they recaptured some months back

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/meet-ukraines-small-lethal-weapon-lifting-morale-unmanned-107804614#:~:text=The%20craft%20wouldn't%20look,payload%2C%2 0according%20to%20Ukrainian%20authorities.

[ORAC]

https://x.com/gerashchenko_en/status/1765008131803718061?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Russian long-range aviation commander Sergei Kobylash and Black Sea Fleet commander Viktor Sokolov.

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1025x683/image_af2f0abbf2eb32f53c45d166fc3e2527b136b8f2.png


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1214x683/image_93d2b2e4e0a033c263a89900c46e62d0e27bb72a.png
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[ORAC]

Macron urged allies not to be "cowards" and support Ukraine in the fight against Russian invasion

"We are undoubtedly approaching a moment for Europe when it is necessary not to be cowards. [...] War has returned to our lands," French President Emmanuel Macron said during a visit to Czechia.

“We are approaching a moment for Europe where we must not be cowardly. War has returned to our soil, the powers which have become unstoppable are expanding every day and threaten to attack us even more, we will have to live up to history and have the courage that it requires.”

[NutLoose]

I don't follow you comment - a) I don't see Transnistria on the map, and b) it is part of Moldova

The map shows the planned expansion come pipedream of Russia, except they have coloured in Transnistra the same colour as Moldova and not as part of the great pipedream. Hence by that map they have ceeded it back to Moldova.

Considering one of their goals was a land bridge to Transnistria and a joining it up to "Russia", they can't even get that right on the map


https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/900x622/gh11rhswwae7xt0_99fea9025933dade8368738b0823a0dbe4335820.jpg


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/900x675/ghbr1qmxgaaxsgh_586c0d3f293f03be0c347fc85322cdb7b4b05898.jpg

[Davef68]

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Russian long-range aviation commander Sergei Kobylash and Black Sea Fleet commander Viktor Sokolov.

Are the Russians cloning their senior commanders?
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[Kabobble]

That Mitsubishi almost certainly wasn't being given away, it's taxed until 1st December 2024.
If it was being given away the registered keeper would have got a refund of the tax it currently has on it.

With that license plate, it was probably first registered in Scotland.
--> https://www.checkcardetails.co.uk/cardetails/ST11WTO (other websites are available, including from gov.uk).

[NutLoose]

Noooooooo... They have taken out a HIMARS :sad:

https://twitter.com/WarVehicle/status/1765058410280616319

https://twitter.com/WarVehicle/status/1765058410280616319

[Peter_K]

It’s about time Poland started to make arrests.

You would arrest somebody based on the post of a dude with an X account?

Already damaged - Ukrainian Embassy in Poland denies farmers' attack on vehicles for the Armed Forces

Kyiv • UNN

March 4 2024, 12:55 PM • 26238 views

The Ukrainian Embassy in Poland denied reports that Polish farmers had damaged Ukrainian military equipment, saying that the vehicles had been damaged before they arrived in Poland.

[Lonewolf_50]

Peter, Nutty isn't rational on this topic, but rather quite emotional. I say this based on observing and reading about two years of Twitter-based coverage (and comments) that he's been providing to this thread. Macron urged allies not to be "cowards" and support Ukraine in the fight against Russian invasion Where were you two years ago, Monsieur Macron? Shuffling about with your hands in your pockets. :p

[FUMR]

Where were you two years ago, Monsieur Macron? Shuffling about with your hands in your pockets. :p

I can't be bothered to go back through all the posts but, wasn't he then not still trying to convince the NATO nations that he could make a deal with Putin? Who was the coward then?

[Lonewolf_50]

I can't be bothered to go back through all the posts but, wasn't he then not still trying to convince the NATO nations that he could make a deal with Putin? Who was the coward then? I think that he overestimated his own abilities in persuasion, insofar as Mr Putin is concerned. (That's a charitable take).

[Tartiflette Fan]

I can't be bothered to go back through all the posts but, wasn't he then not still trying to convince the NATO nations that he could make a deal with Putin? Who was the coward then?

He would have said"statesman", others would have said pushy and obnoxious pol' trying to annex the lead position in the Franco/German axis, then seen as the driving force behind the EU

[dead_pan]

Noooooooo... They have taken out a HIMARS :sad:


Judging by the foliage, that was quite a while ago.

[ORAC]

Francis Tusa:

https://x.com/ftusa284/status/1765088047584919590?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


An absolutely perfect example of "The 1700km Duvet": UK is safe because Russia will have to come through the Baltic States, Finland, bits of Poland, cross the Baltic, parts of Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and THEN the North Sea. So we're SAFE!!!! Close to sacrificing Estonia.

Actually, do you know what this is? It's a "John Reid Moment". I know what John Reid meant to say, but the quote came out, "we hope not to fire a shot" in Afghanistan. Yeah, right. This is Grant Shapps making the same mistake: a comment made primarily for the domestic market but which might well backfire at home over the next years.

But if I were 🇪🇪, 🇱🇻, or 🇱🇹, I'd be SERIOUSLY worried about UK committment and capabilities. Ask why every Baltic State says a shooting war with 🇷🇺 is a probability…..

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/iran-supply-russia-ballistic-missiles-grant-shapps-defence-secretary-bl33mth2t

Shapps said he did not see a need to start training British citizens in case of war. “Estonia are right on the border, at the front line essentially...The UK is an island; we’re not in that situation. Nor do we see an immediate danger of invasion.”

[ORAC]

https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1764998561404531064?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


Germany is planning to return compulsory conscription to the army

According to Der Spiegel, the head of the German Defense Ministry, Boris Pistorius, has ordered the preparation of proposals to restore compulsory military service.

According to closed government documents cited by the publication, Pistorius intends to seek the return of conscription before the elections to the Bundestag, which will be held in the fall of 2025.

​​​​​​​The relevant proposals, according to Pistorius' order, should be prepared by April 1.

Germany suspended compulsory military conscription in 2011 and switched to professional troops.

[NutLoose]

Strange that no traffic is flowing over or under the bridge, I wonder if there was some bridge damage or did the ship go down in the Channel?

https://twitter.com/Freisteller/status/1764945899543785842

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/Freisteller/status/1764945899543785842

[NutLoose]

Gas storage in Belgorod on fire after being attacked.

https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1764922516613529926

https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1764922516613529926

[NutLoose]

Ukraine confirms their strike at a gas storage in Crimea.

https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1764581418833703263

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1764581418833703263

[NutLoose]

Ukraine has hacked Into the Russian MOD and harvested data.

https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1764562766138880139

https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1764562766138880139

[jolihokistix]

That says 2019

[ORAC]

ISW: https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-5-2024

Russian aircraft appear to be continuing to conduct a relatively high volume of glide bomb strikes in Ukraine despite Ukrainian officials’ reports that Ukrainian forces have downed several bomber aircraft in recent weeks.

Forbes reported on March 4 that Russian Su-34 aircraft, escorted by Su-35 aircraft, are conducting one hundred or more sorties per day to conduct glide bomb strikes on Ukrainian positions at a range of 25 miles (about 40 kilometers).[14]

The New York Times reported on March 5 that Russian tactics are shifting to intensify operations in the air domain and that Russian forces’ “more aggressive” air support on the front lines has helped Russian forces to advance recently in eastern Ukraine.[15]

These reports suggest that the Russian Air Force is maintaining a high tempo of fixed-wing air missions in Ukraine and is possibly willing to tolerate risks to fixed-wing aircraft, likely because the Russian command may have decided that the positive effects generated by such air operations outweigh the costs associated with flying such missions.

Russian forces used glide bomb strikes to tactical effect in their seizure of Avdiivka in mid-February and are likely attempting to replicate such effects to support ongoing offensive operations elsewhere on the front. ISW cannot independently verify Ukrainian reports of the shootdowns of several Su-34 aircraft in recent weeks.

Forbes also reported that Ukrainian forces are using French-provided AASM Hammer glide bombs after France started supplying Ukraine with 50 of these bombs per month in January 2024.[16]

Forbes noted that Ukrainian forces previously conducted strikes with US-provided Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) glide bombs, but the supply of these bombs has halted due to the recent lack of US aid provisions to Ukraine.

[ORAC]

https://x.com/gerashchenko_en/status/1765275556944199725?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


​​​​​​​An oil reservoir is reportedly on fire on the territory of the Mikhailovsky mining and processing plant in Kursk region, Russia - Russian media. Reportedly, a drone hit it.

The region's governor said that a warehouse of fuel and lubricants was on fire after a drone attack.

The plant is one of the largest in Russia and the CIS in the extraction and processing of iron ore.

[ORAC]

https://x.com/albafella1/status/1765082661788463126?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


"We are publishing an interesting video.

Having noticed enemy infantry, we sent our drones and eliminated one of the invaders. Immediately after the defeat, the orкs jammed our Mavic, but the drone continued to film.
​​​​​​​
It turned out that the enemy infantry was covered by an anti-drone group, which jammed the Mavic and unsuccessfully tried to shoot it down.

To counter our FPVs, the russians have begun to deploy anti-drone teams. One with a backpack containing REB [EW] + three shooters shooting down drones.

Previously, such groups traveled in Chinese golf carts (no joke) and protected their positions from drones. We burned their golf carts (we’ll publish a video later), so now they’re running around on foot.

Result. Minus 2 orкs, one of which burned along with the REB (EW) on his back," — the Strike Drones Company of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade "Magura"

[ORAC]

https://x.com/sentdefender/status/1765148114053206485?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


Former-Army General and current President of Czechia, Petr Pavel stated today that he is in Support of discussions within NATO and with other European Countries about a “Coalition of the Willing” which would provide Ukraine with anything that it needs to Defeat Russia including the Deployment of NATO Troops into Ukraine in a Non-Combatant Role.

[NutLoose]

That says 2019

What does?

[NutLoose]

Former-Army General and current President of Czechia, Petr Pavel stated today that he is in Support of discussions within NATO and with other European Countries about a “Coalition of the Willing” which would provide Ukraine with anything that it needs to Defeat Russia including the Deployment of NATO Troops into Ukraine in a Non-Combatant Role.


Not NATO but French, Czech etc, if they go in they willl be not be as NATO troops, but independent one would imagine, otherwise it could drag NATO into something they have been trying to avoid..

Why do you not post your post in quote boxes out of interest, so people can see it is a direct quote?

[FUMR]

That says 2019

The document is dated 2019 but that doesn't mean it's not current and "acquired" this year.

[NutLoose]

The document is dated 2019 but that doesn't mean it's not current and "acquired" this year.

Ahh i see it now, as said above you do not change the date of an archive on every document lol, heck you would end up in a right mess, as often they are used as a reference..

Posting an image from 2019 shows you have accessed their files, but leaves them guessing as to how close to the current date you have managed to get.

[jolihokistix]

Agreed, and well done to them, but there is usually little that needs any guessing around here. Actually I was surprised that they even publicized this, as the hole will surely be plugged by the other side. Unless they got everything and that's it.

[admikar]

Germany is planning to return compulsory conscription to the army

According to Der Spiegel, the head of the German Defense Ministry, Boris Pistorius, has ordered the preparation of proposals to restore compulsory military service.

According to closed government documents cited by the publication, Pistorius intends to seek the return of conscription before the elections to the Bundestag, which will be held in the fall of 2025.

The relevant proposals, according to Pistorius' order, should be prepared by April 1.

Germany suspended compulsory military conscription in 2011 and switched to professional troops.
I wonder if they will get the same outcry as Croatia did?
Feminists were upset because now they got equal treatment and will get conscripted and LGBT+ got upset because government only said "men and women" in their statement.

[Tartiflette Fan]

I wonder if they will get the same outcry as Croatia did?
Feminists were upset because now they got equal treatment and will get conscripted and LGBT+ got upset because government only said "men and women" in their statement.

As reported, that article goes too far. They are not planning a re-introduction, they are studying it. As Pistorius says ( below ) the social and political case has to be made for it.

https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/deutschland/pistorius-wehrpflicht-bundeswehr-debatte-100.html

[NutLoose]

An Explosion at Shagonarskaya CHP in Tuva, Russia, I doubt that will be working anytime soon.


https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1765334219679506649

https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1765334219679506649

https://twitter.com/UkrReview/status/1765336367607767110

https://twitter.com/UkrReview/status/1765336367607767110

[NutLoose]

Ukraine is building defences.. the last line makes interesting reading!

https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1765346103208165678

https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1765346103208165678

.. (https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1765346103208165678)

[NutLoose]

A right shambles

https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1765327715475841129

https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1765327715475841129

[NutLoose]

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/900x900/gh9vhirxyaazraq_ad6f676058ac5ac908da6e3d44241bf56b3a23dc.jpg

[NutLoose]

EW is taking down Russian drones... That's Russian EW btw. :ok:

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1765132378190557366

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1765132378190557366

[NutLoose]

Archive film has emerged of the Russians trying to fend off an attack on their ship the Ropucha-class BDK (large landing ship) "Caesar Kunikov" by sea drones before they were sunk,

https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1765353905443987960

https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1765353905443987960

[NutLoose]

Bradleys at work.

https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1765317649498578956

https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1765317649498578956

[Lonewolf_50]

Former-Army General and current President of Czechia, Petr Pavel stated today that he is in Support of discussions within NATO and with other European Countries about a “Coalition of the Willing” which would provide Ukraine with anything that it needs to Defeat Russia including the Deployment of NATO Troops into Ukraine in a Non-Combatant Role. Good luck getting 32 nations to sign up to a NATO op. A coalition of the willing is more or a six-pack or twelve-pack of bilateral (nation by nation) support to Ukraine (which is well covered supported under articles in the UN Charter). Also, explain to me again how you send soldiers to Ukraine in a non-combat role during a war? That's no way to treat your soldiers. Didn't anyone learn anything from Former Yugoslavia?
Feminists were upset because now they got equal treatment and will get conscripted and LGBT+ got upset because government only said "men and women" in their statement. First world problems strike again.

As to conscription: if you invest in good training, conscripted soldiers can perform well.

[NutLoose]

Suckers born every minute in Russia if they believe this garbage.

https://twitter.com/osint_69/status/1765057311381283115

https://twitter.com/osint_69/status/1765057311381283115

[ORAC]

https://x.com/front_ukrainian/status/1765326899599859998?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


⚡️🇧🇬Bulgaria is taking out of conservation 122-mm self-propelled howitzers 2S1 "Gvozdika" and BRDM-2.

According to the Bulgarian photographer, military equipment is intended for the 🇺🇦Ukrainian Armed Forces.

"Military equipment of the Bulgarian army from the deep military reserve in the district is going to Ukraine," Tsvetan Aleksandrov said.

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1213x682/image_4436ac281b70883c1c0f42294e75e58f19ef8a18.png

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1088x612/image_f11fd2eba3d14287101358a91686dd84f41f140f.png

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1088x612/image_d224f12e0ebbd9490ae4f76889b5fca6f47ef1ec.png

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[ORAC]

https://x.com/maks_nafo_fella/status/1765376671627067686?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1088x1040/image_163cd2f0db065f49d7904ab6c039c7c91d0f8a28.png
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[FUMR]

Doesn't sound good. They (Ruskies) must have had some intel. Another mole in the Zelensky camp?

[West Coast]

A talking head on the Telly said something interesting, if the Greek PM had been injured/killed, could Article 5 be invoked? I looked at the charter (with the understanding there could be amplifying documentation that rules it out) but Article 5 is sufficiently ambiguous that an argument can be made for yes.

Had the Greek PM been a victim:

1 An attack in Europe. Yup.
2. While not in a NATO country, it would have been an attack on the head of state of a NATO country.

I think it would be a stretch to say the Greek PM getting whacked could lead to anything beyond strongly worded condemnation, but the language of the document is sufficiently broad that it could be interpreted as a trigger for article 5.

Anyone want to send their nation’s leaders to Ukraine with a GPS transmitter on their head to test the theory? I can think of a couple I’d like to send.

[admikar]

As reported, that article goes too far. They are not planning a re-introduction, they are studying it. As Pistorius says ( below ) the social and political case has to be made for it.

https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/deutschland/pistorius-wehrpflicht-bundeswehr-debatte-100.html
Same as Croatia. They are doing studies. Doesn't prevent outcry

[ORAC]

The Russians are slowing creeping ahead in some areas, but god they’re paying a heavy price. They’re still losing equipment at a rate vastly greater than their ability to bring them out of long term storage.

Yesterdays visually confirmed losses…

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1200x2000/image_332856d44cba0c8ad42c4da1faf9ccf7ef266827.jpeg

[kernowbird]

BBC World news at 1900Z reported a "near miss". Does this give UKR one free shot at the chief Orc?

[sycamore]

Westie ,would a past `POTUS` be OK to take-up on Zelensky`s invitation ,perhaps for a game of golf...?

[NutLoose]

The taking out of a Zoopark radar system.

https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1765418342783848810

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1765418342783848810

[NutLoose]

A Russian ammunition depot destroyed.

https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1765505649826320761

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1765505649826320761

[NutLoose]

Another one of Putins cronies bites the dust.

https://twitter.com/UkrReview/status/1765478453313187840

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/UkrReview/status/1765478453313187840

[NutLoose]

The first upgraded sea baby, 1o00km range and a 1000kg explosive load.. that’s 2,204 lbs!


​​​​​https://twitter.com/ConnieLingus123/status/1765368801028108333

https://twitter.com/ConnieLingus123/status/1765368801028108333

[NutLoose]

Another film from another ship of the patrol boat attempting to escape from the drones.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1765466997234565310

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1765466997234565310

[NutLoose]

Heck of a silhouette of one of the late crew, that’s one serious bang.
At least it was quick for most of them.

Translation:

The Carpathian brigade has its own opinion about these "buggies" of yours

https://twitter.com/solonko1648/status/1765521658310181029

https://twitter.com/solonko1648/status/1765521658310181029

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1179x658/image_18a1c7021310efae76cca261fcb7b272c4050644.jpeg
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[NutLoose]

Humanitarian aid to troops in the field, Russian style.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1765511460422132011

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1765511460422132011

[DogTailRed2]

The first upgraded sea baby, 1o00km range and a 1000kg explosive load.. that’s 2,204 lbs!




https://twitter.com/ConnieLingus123/status/1765368801028108333
Is big better though? Those drones have a very low profile. These new drones a bigger profile. Time will tell I guess.

[ORAC]

The bigger drones are reported to be reusable carrying their own torpedoes, missiles, ECM. e.g.

https://essanews.com/swedens-potent-anti-submarine-weapon-torpedo-47-a-game-changer-in-ukraines-stand-off-with-russian-fleet,6997839384188545a

[NutLoose]

Is big better though? Those drones have a very low profile. These new drones a bigger profile. Time will tell I guess.


Depends on the target, I wonder what the effect would be of several hitting the bridge support structure.

[fdr]

Humanitarian aid to troops in the field, Russian style.



https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1765511460422132011
given what Vlad is doing to his own people, a supply of lubricant would have been a better aid package. Wonder if Vlad is HIV negative.

[fdr]

Another one of Putins cronies bites the dust.



https://twitter.com/UkrReview/status/1765478453313187840


​​​​​​​That's a... hanging Chad?

[waffler]

Given the amount of alcohol in those hand sanitisers I’m surprised they were not welcomed with open lips.

[NutLoose]

Clearing trenches.

https://twitter.com/TOGAjano21/status/1765605063047753865

https://twitter.com/TOGAjano21/status/1765605063047753865

[Rockie_Rapier]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/07/he-had-no-idea-he-was-being-sent-to-a-war-zone-the-indian-and-nepalese-men-on-frontlines-in-ukraine

Russia's recruiting procedure. Signing up for jobs in Russia, Germany or Dubai, young men have been ‘made to join the Russian military’, their families say
Azad Yousuf Kumar, 31, left his home in the Indian region of Kashmir in December to take a job as a domestic worker in Dubai, paying an agent he met through YouTube 300,000 rupees (£3,000) as an advance on his pay. But instead, his family says, he was sent on to a military training camp in Russia, where he was shot in the leg during an exercise, and then dispatched to a Russian unit in Ukraine...
In India, several cited a YouTube channel, Baba Vlogs, which is run by Faisal Khan – an Indian recruiter operating out of Dubai – as the platform that had duped them. Khan posted a series of videos to his 300,000 followers from the streets of St Petersburg promoting jobs in Russia as military helpers, categorically stating that they would be safe and not sent to the frontlines, and that this could also help them get permanent residency in Russia.

[ORAC]

https://x.com/mij_europe/status/1765760401378033954?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


Macron today produced maps of a poss Russian breakthrough towards Kyiv or Odessa which could oblige the west to act to prevent a Russian victory in Ukraine. In talks w French opposition leaders, Macron said there should be no more “red lines” on Fr involvement in the conflict 1/

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1765760401378033954.html?utm_campaign=topunroll


​​​​​​​https://x.com/charlie08733602/status/1765778229401444748?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


It is also an article on Radio France International.

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/828x1792/image_07e876d8e591bfb85a2631b608f9e6a35216a24d.png
​​​​​​​

[ORAC]

⚡️ Zelenskyy has approved the candidacy of Ukraine's former commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi for the post of ambassador to the UK.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1088x626/image_faccc97b911bd2917971838b8e719e9600084143.png

[ORAC]

https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1765764582360969363?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


This morning, 7th of March 2024, 5:40 local time. There was a reported drone attack on the Severstal plant (Steel industry company) in Cherepovets, Russia. 800km from Ukraine border. The drone hit the place where the blast furnace is located.

​​​​​​​

[ORAC]

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-moldova-sign-defence-economic-accords-thursday-paris-says-2024-03-06/

France and Moldova to sign defence pact amid fears of Russian destabilisation

PARIS, March 6 (Reuters) - Moldova and France will sign a defence cooperation accord on Thursday as part of the West's efforts to strengthen the former Soviet state's capabilities amid what they fear are increasing efforts by Russia to destabilise Moldova.

Moldova, a western neighbour of Ukraine, has a tiny defence budget and has long had tense relations with Moscow, which have worsened as Chisinau backs Ukraine in the war against Russia…..

The French presidency said in a statement on Wednesday that defence and economic cooperation accords would be signed when President Emmanuel Macron meets his Moldovan counterpart Maia Sandu in Paris.

He would underline his "support for the independence, sovereignty and security of the Republic of Moldova, in the context of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine," it said.

The two countries reached an initial accord in September that covers training of military personnel, regular defence dialogue and intelligence sharing.
The letter of intent also said Paris would support Chisinau's efforts to see how to develop its military capabilities, including the possible purchase of anti-air defence capacities similar to France's Mistral system.

At the time, Moldova announced it had bought Thales-made GM200 radar enabling it to improve aerial surveillance to detect and track targets moving from low to very high altitude.

France's defence minister said it would carry out an audit of Moldova's air defence means to help strengthen the security of Moldovan skies.

In parallel to Sandu's visit, Western states will hold an audio call hosted by France to discuss increasing support for Ukraine, but also Moldova.….

[admikar]

Macron today produced maps of a poss Russian breakthrough towards Kyiv or Odessa which could oblige the west to act to prevent a Russian victory in Ukraine. In talks w French opposition leaders, Macron said there should be no more “red lines” on Fr involvement in the conflict 1/

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1765760401378033954.html?utm_campaign=topunroll

It is also an article on Radio France International.

​​​​​​​If I were an Ukrainian, given French results in past world wars, I'd rather they don't get involved on my side.

[DogTailRed2]

If I were an Ukrainian, given French results in past world wars, I'd rather they don't get involved on my side.
The French did quite well at Ouistreham iirc.

[Pali]

Macron organised on-line meeting for ministers of foreign affairs and defence of European NATO members today. Slovakia and Hungary were not invited. Great news I would say, cordon sanitaire is much needed here.

[GlobalNav]

Westie ,would a past `POTUS` be OK to take-up on Zelensky`s invitation ,perhaps for a game of golf...?
Put a hole in one?

[NutLoose]

Us and U.K. embassies warning of a possible major terrorist attack in Russia… just in time for voting ;)

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1765867293416792160

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1765867293416792160

[fdr]

If I were an Ukrainian, given French results in past world wars, I'd rather they don't get involved on my side.
Moldova needs bilateral security agreements with as many EU and NATO states as possible, it is the only thing that will stop Vlad adding another stiletto heading towards European interests. All western nations should consider the same thing, as that is what the intent of the UN Charter is supposed to provide, a unified response to [aggressor states / Russia] (if the ushanka fits etc... )

[jolihokistix]

Sweden of course fought a series of huge wars against Russia. There is less theorizing and much more sang-froid in the Baltic area.

[ORAC]

Earlier today, Czech President Petr Pavel confirmed that a total of 18 nations have fully funded the Czech-led effort to supply Ukraine with over 800,000 artillery shells.

The Norwegian aid announcement today completed the funding.

[rattman]

Earlier today, Czech President Petr Pavel confirmed that a total of 18 nations have fully funded the Czech-led effort to supply Ukraine with over 800,000 artillery shells.

The Norwegian aid announcement today completed the funding.

Dont remember who said it, but another leader said they found an extra 200K as well

[WideScreen]

The missiles used in the naval AEGIS system are larger ( 7 m ) than Patriots ( 5.8 m )and obviously the carrier battle group with its Hawkeye AWACS and all the many surface radars has many many multiples of the computing and detection power availabe to the land-based Patriots, so at first sight it seems feasible.. Maybe its unnecessary as I'm certain the DoD and USN rate the carrier battle group as their most precious asset, and therefore anything good used elsewhere would be incorporated PDQ.
It's not so much about the size of the rocket, though the whole of the auxiliary equipment needed, including another phased array radar unit requiring a 360-degree view and the constellation containing several masts. I also have the impression, that although the Patriot system can do "self-protect", there is limited protection possible against a Zircon coming in (near) vertically. The debris will hit your ship anyway, including the exploding warhead.

The early Zircon versions didn't go Mach 8+, but the current ones do, which seems to be above the limit to intercept, according to Western experts.

[Pali]

This is a great story. Czech volunteers delivered humanitarian help in active war zones and they witnessed how an old babushka gave eggs to ZSU soldiers. Fighters took it and she received some canned food in return. Czechs were amazed and asked soldiers why they took the eggs when it was everything she had? And they answered that she is old and weak yet she still wants to fight against invaders and contribute on her terms. Knowing that soldiers will eat the eggs gives her a purpose.

A Czech businessman Jan Bárta heard this story and was so moved that he decided it is his turn to do something about Russian invasion. He wrote this status on Twitter and promised to donate 100 dollars for every retweet and he really kept the promise. He paid more than 50 million Czech crowns to purchase drones for Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Great inspiration, contribute any way you can.

https://twitter.com/absurdtrader/status/1759307764176707643

[NutLoose]

Drone attack viewed by both sides

https://twitter.com/HimarsAtacms/status/1764396863308882183

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/HimarsAtacms/status/1764396863308882183

[NutLoose]

:sad::sad:

https://twitter.com/BogoevMaks/status/1763090950123823257

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/BogoevMaks/status/1763090950123823257

[DogTailRed2]

All this suffering and for what, so Putin can stroke his ego. We should be doing more to end this war.

[NutLoose]

Russia is killing Ukrainian priests.

https://twitter.com/United24media/status/1766024328288583860

https://twitter.com/United24media/status/1766024328288583860​​​​​​​

​​​​​​​ (https://twitter.com/United24media/status/1766024328288583860​​​​​​​).

[DogTailRed2]

Drone attack viewed by both sides



https://twitter.com/HimarsAtacms/status/1764396863308882183
Drone warfare must be very demoralising for the enemy. You know that drone won't stop until it gets you or you get it. Terminator is becoming a reality on the battlefield.

[meleagertoo]

Those with an interest in Russia's historical mindset, territorial ambitions and warfighting style would probably be interested in PBS America's excellent and very informative three part series "Russia's Wars" that takes their almost continuous history of brutal conflict and savage repression from the time of Peter the Great to Putain. It does not inspire any hope at all for a happy or peaceful future and clearly suggests that leopards do not change their spots. It's a sobering experience.
https://www.pbsamerica.co.uk/schedule/?date=08/10/2023

[NutLoose]

If the front moves towards Kyiv or Odesa, France may send in the troops.

https://twitter.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1766019655582241212

https://twitter.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1766019655582241212

[NutLoose]

Something nice away from the death and destruction.

https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1726289002347831759

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1726289002347831759

[NutLoose]

A Biber bridge layer in use with Ukraine

https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1765432405186511016

https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1765432405186511016

[NutLoose]

Remember the video I posted of the wounded Russian bleeding out, it turns out he was a high ranking Spetsnaz officer

Alexey Ivanov (shown) was the company commander for the 33rd OSN (otryady spetsial'novo naznacheniya) Spetsnaz Company based in Moscow and named after the Russian monk warrior Alexander Peresvet. Why the hell he didn't try to apply a torniquet (his belt or anything else) is beyond me as you would assume he had advanced combat medic training as a Spetsnaz SOF.

https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1765703524275400711

https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1765703524275400711

[NutLoose]

Nooo… and they appear to be so blasé about it all.

https://twitter.com/JulianRoepcke/status/1765773233733746904

https://twitter.com/JulianRoepcke/status/1765773233733746904


Other posts say they’re Russian that has been posted by Russia as a false flag.​​​​​​​

[NutLoose]

Showing how Russia is having to tap into their reserves.

https://twitter.com/hizzo_jay/status/1765177623045460463

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/hizzo_jay/status/1765177623045460463

[NutLoose]

The modern equivalent of a tow missile ( tube launched, optically tracked, wire guided ) a Russian drone impervious to EW has been captured carrying a 10 kilometer length of spooled fibre optic wire to control it, Ukraine are now looking at replicating it.

https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1765744643180794267

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1765744643180794267

[NutLoose]

One drone, common sense would say put distance between each other not join up.

https://twitter.com/TOGAjano21/status/1765993845735514128

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/TOGAjano21/status/1765993845735514128

[NutLoose]

Front updates

https://twitter.com/astraiaintel/status/1765665288031289355

https://twitter.com/astraiaintel/status/1765665288031289355

https://twitter.com/astraiaintel/status/1765665291307028494

https://twitter.com/astraiaintel/status/1765665291307028494

https://twitter.com/astraiaintel/status/1765665294754734235

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/astraiaintel/status/1765665302468075772

https://twitter.com/astraiaintel/status/1765665302468075772

[NutLoose]

More front updates.

https://twitter.com/astraiaintel/status/1765665306528174574

https://twitter.com/astraiaintel/status/1765665306528174574

https://twitter.com/astraiaintel/status/1765665592219193363 (https://twitter.com/astraiaintel/status/1765665306528174574)

https://twitter.com/astraiaintel/status/1765665592219193363

https://twitter.com/astraiaintel/status/1765665639908151517 (https://twitter.com/astraiaintel/status/1765665592219193363)

https://twitter.com/astraiaintel/status/1765665639908151517

[NutLoose]

Aviation content: (I know, it might be catching), superb film in slow mo.

https://twitter.com/astraiaintel/status/1766035871466172863

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/astraiaintel/status/1766035871466172863

[NutLoose]

All Russian plated vehicles must leave Finland by March 16

https://twitter.com/Azovsouth/status/1766061683179450422

https://twitter.com/Azovsouth/status/1766061683179450422

Another oil depot goes up in flames..

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/Azovsouth/status/1766080064389619770

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/Azovsouth/status/1766080064389619770

[NutLoose]

Or we will arrest you?

https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1765325368615895227

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1765325368615895227

[NutLoose]

Good Read.

Conversationhttps://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1739983483521372160/MU4SjC52_x96.jpg (https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko)
Illia Ponomarenko (https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko)
@IAPonomarenko (https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko)
So, worded simply: "We have ****** up with our three-day blitzkrieg against Kyiv and had to withdraw from entire north Ukraine following severe losses and a complete failure of the 'special military operation' - but you nonetheless have to roll over, admit a humiliating defeat, render yourselves almost totally defenseless before Russia, stay away from NATO and any military cooperation with any Western nations, never get any Western weapons to defend yourself, govern your sovereign nation the way we tell you, and that goes with formal 'security guarantees' under which not a single 'guarantor' will ever go to war for Ukraine.

Meanwhile, we'll give you absolutely nothing in return - neither Crimea nor Donbas, no indemnities for ruined cities and mass graves, not even formal 'assurances' of non-aggression - it's not that we spent a year and a half amassing 180,000 troops against Ukraine and lying through our teeth -- only to eventually unleash a grand war under the dumbest, the flimsiest, and the most ridiculously false pretexts ever. And, of course, be sure that it won't take much time for us to AGAIN wipe up our ass with this worthless piece of paper, so we'll recover from the initial shock of the failure, fix our mistakes, and invade Ukraine again (because you failed to speak Russian loud enough in your courts of justice!), with far greater success -- because you morons were seriously thinking we'd give you 'PEACE' if you just leave Ukraine defenseless and us totally free to try again." Here's your 'peace treaty' that Vladimir Putin was willing to give.

And, of course, this draft is dated April 15, 2022 - the days when Russia had generally completed regrouping to launch a new major offensive in Ukraine's east. As you probably remember, we were only counting the days to when it began. The war's new phase, the nightmarish Battle of Donbas, was launched in full scale as soon as April 17-18, 2022. Russia never wanted any 'peace' with Ukraine unless it was about a total Ukrainian surrender and its demise as an independent nation. Following the unexpected failure at Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, it tried to take a break as the 'special military operation' had gone off the rails. Yet, the Kremlin's primal goal made it impossible for Russia to issue at least remotely acceptable terms of peace & co-existence with Ukraine. No matter what Ukraine would offer as 'concessions' or provisions for reaching a 'middle ground' to stop the war -- Moscow could offer nothing but 'Surrender, render yourselves defenseless, make things easy for us next time soon."

Russia had to narrow down its goals against Ukraine and switch from the failed 'special military operation' to a full-scale, protracted war on Ukraine that is now entering its third year. And all this blood and horror is for the sake of the megalomanic ego and lust for power of just a handful of old KGB bureaucrats who would rather kill millions of people in a senseless criminal war than admit their failure.

[ORAC]

Taganrog is the airbase where an A-50 was identified as being located.

https://x.com/front_ukrainian/status/1766076025849458846?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


Yesterday, 🇺🇦Ukrainian air defense systems worked at a distance of 150 kilometers against 🇷🇺Russian planes, the results are being clarified, - Ukrainian Air Force Commander Oleschuk
. https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1213x581/image_eec169b947bc40f5e5c31e07c825422143bf0f9e.png

[NutLoose]

More on the A-50’s

https://twitter.com/SmartUACat/status/1764958486654235034

https://twitter.com/SmartUACat/status/1764958486654235034

[NutLoose]

What a stunning choice of a backdrop to get your point across at a press conference, but I feel they are going to need a sh*t load more bricks than that pallet full.

https://twitter.com/United24media/status/1765391507496857670

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/United24media/status/1765391507496857670

[sycamore]

REF #9166,a`swarm of `Bees` would find that a nice resting place.....

[NutLoose]

Pretty amazing, Dune2 was shot with Ukrainian made lenses,

Ukrainian lenses were selected from thousands of options. Their development began in 2021. Prototypes were created in early 2022, and the outbreak of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine did not stop the team. Some members even contributed to the work remotely from the trenches.

https://twitter.com/ukraine_ua/status/1765426308782203126

https://twitter.com/ukraine_ua/status/1765426308782203126

[ORAC]

Over 40 drones attacked the airfield. https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1766380111853408666?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


At night there was a drone attack on Taganrog, Russia. The attack was most likely carried out on an airport/factory where a Russian A-50 had previously been spotted. A-50 was spotted on the satellite imagery published by @cxemu and appeared on the airfield between 28-29th of February 2024.

​​​​​​​https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1766380179155296281?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


Interesting details about the UAVs that attacked Taganrog in the Russian part of the special military operation zone last night. Appear to be similar to Shaheds. Difficult to intercept.

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/664x683/image_0aec394010f64338a3228636ccc2fb40e0c598ee.png
​​​​​​​

[NutLoose]

The drone attack on Taganrog appears to have targeted a hangar. The roof of the hangar is black. 47.19963181328316, 38.86614928388167

Translations of both posts

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/AS_22ws/status/1766469152418808102

https://twitter.com/AS_22ws/status/1766469152418808102

​​​​​​​I wonder if they were aiming for -50 after all?At least the back side of the chimney of 47.200143907043916, 38.876991398427684 was attacked.

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/AS_22ws/status/1766289116298449013

https://twitter.com/AS_22ws/status/1766289116298449013

[NutLoose]

More on the airfield.

https://twitter.com/kromark/status/1766356625697157399

https://twitter.com/kromark/status/1766356625697157399

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/Dmojavensis/status/1766288510905143657

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/Dmojavensis/status/1766288510905143657

[ORAC]

https://x.com/maks_nafo_fella/status/1766387373623935165?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


"We cannot talk about certain things, taking into account the agreement with our partners, but believe me, planes will continue to fall and with no less intensity", — Danilov

[ORAC]

https://x.com/front_ukrainian/status/1766430348991242582?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


The 🇬🇧British Foreign Minister David Cameron said that London is ready to help 🇩🇪Berlin solve the problem with the supply of Taurus missiles to 🇺🇦Ukraine.

The proposed solution involves the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles by Germany to Great Britain, and in return, London will provide Ukraine with additional Storm Shadow missiles.

This proposal is a response to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's refusal to directly supply missiles to Ukraine.

Source: https://www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/artikel/politik/david-cameron-interview-nato-ukraine-taurus-scholz-usa-trump-israel-e095522/
​​​​​​​

[ORAC]

Visually identified losses yesterday. Looks good for Ukraine, but somewhere they lost a Mig-29…


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1220x2000/image_bc085186c3895754d93d7036a0129f8edb4ab498.jpeg

[RedToo]

Bovington Tank Museum in the UK helping out Ukraine. :)

https://www.twz.com/news-features/little-tank-museum-in-u-k-playing-big-role-in-keeping-ukraines-armor-on-track

[Spunky Monkey]

I do wonder if the German Airforce Officers knowingly spoke openly on an insecure line. Surmising that the Russians would spout off about it as a coup for their intelligence systems.
Meanwhile the Luftwaffe Officers were able to galvanise the Government into doing something with the Taurus Missiles, show the Government that they are chronically underfunded as they have no secure conference comms - and pointing out the threat that Russia is listening and is a clear and present danger.

As the UK is living rent free in the Russian psyche, then inferring there are members of the Regiment will have Vlad and his pnumpties looking over their shoulders even more.

[ORAC]

https://x.com/astraiaintel/status/1766561016173699527?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


Ukrainian drone raid targeted the Beriev aviation plant, located in Taganrog. The plant was in the process of repairing an A-50 AEW&C aircraft of the Russian Air Force.

Ukrainian People's Deputy Goncharenko stated that the target of the attack was the Beriev A-50 AEW&C. He added that the aircraft was successfully struck and destroyed during the operation.

​​​​​​​Unit cost estimated at $330,000,000.

[NutLoose]

Ukraine's newly built defence lines in the Zaporizhzhia region.

https://twitter.com/UkrReview/status/1766439518192693546

https://twitter.com/UkrReview/status/1766439518192693546

[NutLoose]

Not only is Armenia wanting rid of their Russian “ peacekeepers” they now are looking at joining the EU! That is showing how much Russias sphere of influence is crumbling

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1766476476533084389

HTTPS://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1766476476533084389

[NutLoose]

:sad:
Another TWO Patriot systems destroyed? Are they having to compromise their positions to make up for the lack of 155mm rounds? Or are they fake?

https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1766445017046904864

https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1766445017046904864

[DogTailRed2]

:sad:
Another TWO Patriot systems destroyed? Are they having to compromise their positions to make up for the lack of 155mm rounds? Or are they fake?



https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1766445017046904864
Could be fake but most likely Russia is learning. The longer this war continues the stronger they grow. That's why it's important to bring it to a close as soon as possible. Before the West gets bored and Russia captures yet more ground.

[petit plateau]

Just putting some of the recent numbers into context.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/394x254/image_9583c76a7763beb93ec35067471fbe0bf182ed3a.png

The sources are below. Note that the relative population comparisons should be treated very cautiously. Many Russians and Ukranians are now abroad. Also many Ukrainian nationals are in occupied territories. It is hard to be sure of accurate numbers.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68397525
https://kyivindependent.com/general-staff-russia-has-lost-424-060-troops-in-ukraine/
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/general-staff-explains-how-it-calculates-the-enemy-losses/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Russia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Ukraine

[jolihokistix]

Or are they sending over sacrificial aircraft in order to spot the Patriot batteries?

[NutLoose]

Showing a large Russian column destroyed, I have posted the quoted link only as the end shows single troops being taken out by drones and one is a bit gory.. so be aware.

https://twitter.com/tungphat1/status/1766738745733308910

[StephanKoelliker]

:sad:
Another TWO Patriot systems destroyed? Are they having to compromise their positions to make up for the lack of 155mm rounds? Or are they fake?
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1766445017046904864

Or is it something like this? Christo Grozev (bellingcat) about Russians faking BBC News:
https://twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1766474914477875341

S

[NutLoose]

Another day another discarded cigarette

​​​​​​​ https://twitter.com/Alfaiomi/status/1766749478973845957

https://twitter.com/Alfaiomi/status/1766749478973845957

[StephanKoelliker]

Another day another discarded cigarette


Not the only one today it seems ... Large fire near the St Petersburg airport:
https://twitter.com/censor_net/status/1766829515865518238

S

[NutLoose]

A good read. Just a short part of it.

A general expectation is that Netanyahu will come to the end of his political career when the present war – actually the fifth between Israel and the Arabs – comes to an end. Putin is set to be in power at least until 2030, but even his time seems to be running out. He has not won his war of aggression against Ukraine, initiated in 2014. He has not conquered Kyiv or Odesa, not even Kharkiv and Kherson. The magnificent Ukrainians, few and badly armed, have stopped – yes, stopped – what was considered the world’s second-strongest army, a victory so unbelievable that many in the West began to fantasise about what could happen next, and consequently, now as the war, very naturally, has stalemated, believe that the Ukrainians are facing a defeat. I do not believe in this doomsday scenario.

I expect another two or even four years of war, then a Ukrainian-European victory as the alliance behind Ukraine swings into a serious war economy. The bigger picture tells us already that the Russians are bogged down, suffering disastrous losses of men and material on the front, and that money is pouring out of the Kremlin coffers, and that the Russian public may be slowly waking up to the disaster that their rulers have created and are presiding over, rather nervously, I believe.


https://theukrainianreview.com/the-russian-election-seen-from-the-nile-a-play-a-farce-a-tragedy/

[NutLoose]

Fires near the airport in St Petersburg

https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1766824740264546551

https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1766824740264546551


https://twitter.com/jurgen_nauditt/status/1766841818233159986

https://twitter.com/jurgen_nauditt/status/1766841818233159986


https://twitter.com/LXSummer1/status/1766847738195357803

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/LXSummer1/status/1766847738195357803

[BlankBox]

Like duck hunting?

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/03/10/7445787/

[NutLoose]

The Worlds second greatest… hand… army.

https://twitter.com/UaCoins/status/1766822886361198875

https://twitter.com/UaCoins/status/1766822886361198875

[Wokkafans]

Usual caveats:

"Russian Grounds Forces are claiming to have Captured a Leopard 2A6 which was Abandoned recently by Ukrainian Forces near the Frontlines in the East."

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1766902879204295095?s=20 (https://x.com/sentdefender/status/1766902879204295095?s=20)

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1766902879204295095?s=20 (https://x.com/sentdefender/status/1766902879204295095?s=20)

[NutLoose]

The Mystery of the Mig 29 loss may be solved as a pilot is reported killed in action.

Fighter pilot Andrii Tkachenko, Major of Ukraine’s Air Force, has been killed in Donetsk Oblast while undertaking a combat mission.

Source: Plast Sambir (https://www.facebook.com/PlastSambir/posts/pfbid0Lo1WLpMEV4vAD4h6s5unnzgZwnFpAuwii1QXjViqSBS1SMYSpcJjKa LzVxAGYktHl?locale=uk_UA), a chapter of Plast, Ukraine’s national scout organisation; Yurii Yuzych, spokesman for Plast Sambir, on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/serdukus/posts/pfbid0Er89SntxhC3tzzfbKmJzsUy5D1Qpokuo4StusmE3UGM8DGECjdBXtK EPLtjezwZUl?ref=embed_post)

Details: Plast Sambir said that Tkachenko was killed in the skies over Donetsk Oblast on 8 March 2024, while undertaking a combat mission.
Tkachenko served in Ivano-Frankivsk, then Kharkiv, and then again in Ivano-Frankivsk. Since the beginning of the war in 2014, he carried out combat missions as part of the Anti-Terrorist Operation and the Joint Forces Operation, the designations of Ukraine’s efforts to oppose Russian forces in Ukraine's east in 2014-2022.


​​​​​​​https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/03/10/7445810/

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/03/10/7445810/

[NutLoose]

Usual caveats:

"Russian Grounds Forces are claiming to have Captured a Leopard 2A6 which was Abandoned recently by Ukrainian Forces near the Frontlines in the East."



https://x.com/sentdefender/status/1766902879204295095?s=20


It looks like the ammo locker has burnt out and there appears to have been some fwd around the hatch area on top of the turret.

[Expatrick]

Just putting some of the recent numbers into context.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/394x254/image_9583c76a7763beb93ec35067471fbe0bf182ed3a.png

The sources are below. Note that the relative population comparisons should be treated very cautiously. Many Russians and Ukranians are now abroad. Also many Ukrainian nationals are in occupied territories. It is hard to be sure of accurate numbers.


FWIW the other figures of some note are -

% of KIA to population -
Russia: 0.12
Ukraine: 0.08

[NutLoose]

Another couple of the Russian elite forces.


https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1766937410087096370

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1766937410087096370
​​​​​​​

[NutLoose]

Remember this guy from the other year, his career prospects are not startling.

https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1766773465934123217

https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1766773465934123217

[NutLoose]

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/680x610/giysoaewgaapx3y_5b9573b0641481997f6b764d1d514aee474ecccc.png


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/680x546/giysovkxeaailab_91aff985abafc138b840c7aefd77e2220ddc56f0.png


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/680x526/giysosqwsaaw45u_d14b4ce7f19aaced828825f03f7aedd724ad392b.png

Russian instructor describes Putin's tactics to the west of Avdiivka, highlighting significant operational difficulties despite reported progress, particularly at the Orlivka-Tonen'ke axis. The lack of coordination and communication among units leads to confusion and disorganisation on the ground, resulting in ineffective offensives and unnecessary risks for troops.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1767121113904034204

[NutLoose]

A look at the front lines. two days old

https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1766536060924842090

[NutLoose]

:sad:

https://twitter.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1767105277835223503

https://twitter.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1767105277835223503

[NutLoose]

Today is forty days since my brother died after a fpv drone hit our car and I was injured. RIP my friend and we will surely have our revenge. ps this is how I looked a few days after the injury

https://twitter.com/VOgnivo/status/1765790661721117151

https://twitter.com/VOgnivo/status/1765790661721117151

[ORAC]

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1088x1088/image_06342ea4986a8f9cb220491f33d8540b3478c1f3.png

[NutLoose]

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1088x1088/image_06342ea4986a8f9cb220491f33d8540b3478c1f3.png

They could start fixing that problem right now. They are selling to Russians the shoddy new buildings they have thrown up at low prices, start dropping a few and the market for Russians to buy and move to Mariupol will collapse along with the buildings.

https://twitter.com/cossackgundi/status/1767166858682151087

https://twitter.com/cossackgundi/status/1767166858682151087

https://twitter.com/stargate2012/status/1767115760663462319

https://twitter.com/stargate2012/status/1767115760663462319

[ORAC]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-11/polish-president-to-propose-nato-spends-3-of-gdp-on-defense

Polish President to Propose NATO Spends 3% of GDP on Defense

Polish President Andrzej Duda will propose that NATO member states raise the minimum level of defense spending to 3% of economic output in his talks with US President Joe Biden.

Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk are traveling to the US to meet Biden at the White House on Tuesday as Warsaw seeks reinforcement of the defense alliance’s eastern flank in the face of the war in Ukraine, Poland’s neighbor.

Duda, speaking before a meeting with Tusk’s government and party leaders, said he wants to propose raising the spending threshold from 2% in talks with all NATO members, including Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday.

“Nobody will dare to attack strong NATO, strong nations that will be able to defend their borders,” Duda said.

The proposal comes after Donald Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential frontrunner, has said he told a NATO ally during his presidency that he would encourage Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to countries that didn’t meet the alliance’s defense spending obligations.

[ORAC]

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1090x332/image_420fc08d19dcd8072d0aae137c816fe9b4bc4319.png

[ORAC]

https://x.com/noelreports/status/1767231074382364780?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


Alleged footage of the Ukrainian MiG-29 multi-role fighter, shot down in Donetsk oblast on March 8.

Major Andriy Tkachenko flew his MiG-29 on a combat mission but was reportedly shot down by a R-37M missile from a Russian Su-35.

​​​​​​​Tkachenko death was already confirmed...

Eternal memory 🕯

[wondering]

Chinas contribution to the Russian war effort. If Russia wins it's to a large part because of Chinas help. Russia is not the only enemy.

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/chinas-support-for-russia-has-been-hindering-ukraines-counteroffensive/

[ORAC]

An interesting piece of history behind a single missile fired from Crimea against Odesa….

https://x.com/chungtzuw/status/1767386705345044858?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


(1/24) Let's talk about the P-35 and Progress missiles.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1767386705345044858.html?utm_campaign=topunroll

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1088x671/image_c6d138e65b6fbc5de40eda5fe5f97772d770a2a8.png
​​​​​​​

[ORAC]

https://x.com/maks_nafo_fella/status/1767382733674676393?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


🔥🦅 Ukrainian UAVs attack Moscow, Tula, Belgorod, Kursk, Orel and Voronezh this night.

https://x.com/tendar/status/1767419449630478377?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


​​​​​​​Explosions in Kursk and air alarm in Belgorod.

​​​​​​​https://x.com/tendar/status/1767417762480001117?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


An oil facility in Orel, Russia, is also burning.

Belgorod reports energy outages.

​​​​​​​https://x.com/igorsushko/status/1767405983134101989?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


​​​​​​​Russia: Oil refinery belonging to Lukoil struck by Ukrainian drones in Nizhny Novgorod, hundreds of kilometers EAST of Moscow.

[rattman]

Reports from various russian telegrams that Free Russian units have crossed into Kursk and Belgorod.


https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1767446637956268147

https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1767446637956268147

[ORAC]

Reports from various russian telegrams that Free Russian units have crossed into Kursk and Belgorod.



Videos…
​​​​​​​https://x.com/igorsushko/status/1767434835113705569?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


​​​​​​​https://x.com/igorsushko/status/1767436265874698466?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A

[B Fraser]

Beware of false flag operations that give Putin the opportunity to respond. it was the Russians who invented the term maskirovka.

[rattman]

IL-76 has crashed near moscow


https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1767496886246645868

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1767496886246645868

[ORAC]

Engine fire after take-off, 15 POB.

Crashed 2km from the airport, presumably trying to make an emergency landing.

https://x.com/ralee85/status/1767506907994972475?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A
​​​​​​​

[NutLoose]

Incoming in Belgorod

https://twitter.com/breakingUAnews/status/1767519058021208187

https://twitter.com/breakingUAnews/status/1767519058021208187

[NutLoose]

more

https://twitter.com/rybar_force/status/1767563283303645510

https://twitter.com/rybar_force/status/1767563283303645510


https://twitter.com/saintjavelin/status/1767450500184564141

https://twitter.com/saintjavelin/status/1767450500184564141

[NutLoose]

St Peterburg powerplant on fire.

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1767474665646150114

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1767474665646150114

[NutLoose]

More ammo coming

https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1767557246379073616

https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1767557246379073616

[NutLoose]

Supposed IL76 crash site, it seems a bit quick.

https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1767521609290527133

https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1767521609290527133

[NutLoose]

Meanwhile, drone wars

https://twitter.com/UaCoins/status/1767508250004463789

https://twitter.com/UaCoins/status/1767508250004463789

https://twitter.com/UaCoins/status/1767509544630968328

https://twitter.com/UaCoins/status/1767509544630968328

https://twitter.com/UaCoins/status/1767504794607116330

https://twitter.com/UaCoins/status/1767504794607116330

[NutLoose]

Russians in Belgorod wondering what all that noise is lol.

https://twitter.com/ShortReportOnX/status/1767495119228285381

https://twitter.com/ShortReportOnX/status/1767495119228285381

[NutLoose]

Russian helicopters at war.

https://twitter.com/MilitarySummary/status/1767521619075891239

https://twitter.com/MilitarySummary/status/1767521619075891239

[NutLoose]

Challenger 2 mobility issues in Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/ricwe123/status/1767393355099451631

https://twitter.com/ricwe123/status/1767393355099451631

[NutLoose]

:ok:

https://twitter.com/AlexKokcharov/status/1767570944569032944

https://twitter.com/AlexKokcharov/status/1767570944569032944

[NutLoose]

Russian invaders waved white flags to surrender soldiers of the 93rd Special Mechanized Brigade "Kholodny Yar" towards Bakhmut.

https://twitter.com/TheRoses2022/status/1767473181932306473

https://twitter.com/TheRoses2022/status/1767473181932306473

[DogTailRed2]

:ok:



https://twitter.com/AlexKokcharov/status/1767570944569032944
Can someone explain what we are seeing here as to me it's looks like Russia is making a breakthrough somewhere???

[GeeRam]

Can someone explain what we are seeing here as to me it's looks like Russia is making a breakthrough somewhere???

No, its a map of Ukrainian actions inside the those (indicated by pink colour) regions of Russia today/yesterday, either by anti-Putin Russians or Ukraine UAV action.

[NutLoose]

It is being reported that the crashed IL-76 was hit by a Ukrainian drone during its take off departure, that must be a first.

https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1767634587482821085

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1767634587482821085

[NutLoose]

https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1767559684381143340

https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1767559684381143340

[ORAC]

https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1767783077231677685?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


This morning in Ryazan, Russia, three kamikaze drones attacked an oil refinery.

​​​​​​​https://x.com/tendar/status/1767784223065141625?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A
​​​​​​​

[ORAC]

https://x.com/gerashchenko_en/status/1767816619793735753?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


​​​​​​​Russia was under another massive drone attack last night, Russian media report.

◾️Ryazan oil refinery was under attack, a fire is being extinguished.

◾️About 30 drones attacked Voronezh region. A transformer substation was damaged in Buturlinovsky district, and the roof of a store was destroyed in Sovetsky district.

◾️Also, the governors of Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions reported attacks by 6 to 8 drones each.

◾️In addition, a drone was destroyed in Kirishsky district, Leningrad region, while on approach to the Kirishi Petroleum Organic Synthesis (KINEF). Authorities say that "production is operating in normal mode, there are no casualties or damage, the consequences at the site of the crash have been localized and eliminated."

◾️According to Russian defence ministry, 58 drones attacking different regions of the country were allegedly "intercepted" in Russia from night till morning, namely: 11 drones over Belgorod region, 8 over Bryansk region, 29 over Voronezh region, 8 over Kursk region and one each over Leningrad and Ryazan regions.

📹: Ryazan oil refinery, videos from Russian Telegram channels

[Tartiflette Fan]

Beware of false flag operations that give Putin the opportunity to respond. it was the Russians who invented the term maskirovka.

What would be the point, they are already at war ? There aren't any Russian minorities in those areas that need freeing/protecting AFAIK.

[NutLoose]

To get people to vote for him to stop the attacks?

Meanwhile latest rumour is the IL76 was carrying an A-50 crew to collect one, death toll has increased apparently.


https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1767559684381143340

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1767559684381143340

[Tartiflette Fan]

]To get people to vote for him to stop the attacks?

Meanwhile latest rumour is the IL76 was carrying an A-50 crew to collect one, death toll has increased apparently.

https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1767559684381143340

Possibly, although at the same time it would highlight weakness that such attacks were still happening. Let's hope that the rumour about A-50 crew is true and also that the drone strike on the hangar in Taganrog damaged an A-50 inside, but it is rather a large hangar and there were only one or two drones, I believe from the photos.

https://global.espreso.tv/russia-ukraine-war-russian-reconnaissance-aircraft-a-50-critically-damaged-due-to-ukrainian-drone-attack

[Sallyann1234]

https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1767559684381143340
Is it normal for those planes to be parked so close, rather than dispersed for protection?

[MPN11]

Is it normal for those planes to be parked so close, rather than dispersed for protection?
I guess if they're defunct airframes [aka scrap] there's no point. Anyway, how could UKR reach them ... ph, wait!

[Ninthace]

Is it normal for those planes to be parked so close, rather than dispersed for protection?
How current is the picture?

[ORAC]

Liutyi drone.

https://x.com/maria_drutska/status/1767812274649985508?s=61&t=rmEeUn68HhlFHGKbTPQr_A


So good morning ☀️ drone is flying in the russian city of Ryazan.

[NutLoose]

It looks like Ukraine lost at least 2 helicopters at once on the ground. we do not know when

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1767886943851778074

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1767886943851778074

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1767894600251806040

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1767894600251806040

[NutLoose]

Russia needs more people like this woman, kudos to her.

https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1767897211692519569

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1767897211692519569

[NutLoose]

The IL-76’s final seconds as it plows into the forest.

https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1767923508217077851

https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1767923508217077851

[Ninthace]

Russia needs more people like this woman, kudos to her.



​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1767897211692519569
Did we not see her before in a recent post?

[NutLoose]

I don’t think so, that was another old person, they all look alike :p

meanwhile spring cleaning and dusting in Russia.

https://twitter.com/Fitzroy1066/status/1765793316526801103

https://twitter.com/Fitzroy1066/status/1765793316526801103

[NutLoose]

:sad:

"This is my mother." In Kryvyi Rih, after the Russian attack, a man on the street recognized his mother among the dead Video: ON TIME: Kryvyi Rih

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/HromadskeUA/status/1767841495590035580

https://twitter.com/HromadskeUA/status/1767841495590035580

[NutLoose]

12% in 2 days.

https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1767996976581218556

​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1767996976581218556

[NutLoose]

How current is the picture?


The image may be current, a lot of them have sat for a long time and have engines missing etc, I bet a lot has been cannibalised for spares or simply have been stolen. However they could get the odd one to ferry to a place to refurbish them.

[NutLoose]

It looks like Ukraine may be considering their prisoners for the Army too.


https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1767969963942244484

https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1767969963942244484

[NutLoose]

Yo, just when you thought strange deaths in Russia were a thing of the past..

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1767942746319282508

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1767942746319282508

[Video Mixdown]

Yo, just when you thought strange deaths in Russia were a thing of the past.
Is that the same Vitaly Robertus who was a well-known designer/builder/pilot of world championship winning RC jet models? Looks very like the guy I met at various competitions.

[Peter_K]

The image may be current, a lot of them have sat for a long time and have engines missing etc, I bet a lot has been cannibalised for spares or simply have been stolen. However they could get the odd one to ferry to a place to refurbish them.Judging by the green grass and leafes on the trees, probably not very current.

[Video Mixdown]

Judging by the green grass and leafes on the trees, probably not very current.
I doubt whether they've improved with age.

[RedToo]

Lucky guy.

https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1768040546168086875